Near death experience

• religious education TTO
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Near death experience

religious education year 3

lesson objectives

- you know what NDE is

- you compare 'scientific' and 'personal' views on NDE

- you understand how NDE have changed peoples lives

NDE

Read https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/near-death-experience/

and copy in your notebook the definition of an NDE

what do you think about Van Lommels conclusions & experiences?

Pim van Lommel

Dutch cardiologist

Hank Green "scishow"

which 3 explanations offers Hank to account for NDEs?

what do you think about Han Greens conclusions & experiences?

life changing testimonies

how have NDE's changed peoples lives, and why?

what do you think about her conclusions & experiences?

https://pimvanlommel.nl/en/near-death-experience/films-nde-youtube/

en.wikipedia.org

what is the criticism on van Lommel's book about?

you will compare 2 lists of NDE fenomena/stages. What is the difference in approach/classification between the 2 lists?

   Time speeds up or slows down.
    Thought-processes speed up.
    A return of scenes from the past.
    A sudden insight, or understanding.
    A feeling of peace or pleasantness.
    A feeling of happiness, or joy.
    A sense of harmony or unity with the universe.
    Confrontation with a brilliant light.
    The senses feel more vivid.
    An awareness of things going on elsewhere, as if by extrasensory perception (ESP).
    Experiencing scenes from the future.
    A feeling of being separated from the body.
    Experiencing a different, unearthly world.
    Encountering a mystical being or presence, or hearing an unidentifiable voice.
    Seeing deceased or religious spirits.
    Coming to a border, or point of no return.

    Awareness of being dead.
    Positive emotions.
    Out of body experience.
    Moving through a tunnel.
    Communication with light.
    Observation of colours.
    Observation of a celestial landscape.
    Meeting with deceased persons.
    Life review.
    Presence of border.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_studies

https://www.youtube.com/user/billsvideos123/videos